Bronchial asthma with ABPA presenting as PTE

Indian J Crit Care Med. 2013 May;17(3):188-9. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.117078.

Abstract

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), as a complication of asthma, is rare in children. The persistent and poorly-controlled asthma leading to cor pulmonale is not uncommon in adults but rarely described in the pediatric age group. Here, we report a case of asthma and ABPA complicated by pulmonary thrombo-embolism and cor pulmonale. To the best of our knowledge, such association has never been reported in the pediatric age group.

Keywords: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; bronchial asthma; cor pulmonale; pulmonary thrombo-embolism.

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